Khwaja Salimullah

Sir Khwaja Salimullah Bahadur Nawab of Dhaka
Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah Bahadur GCSI
Reign	1901 - 1915
Predecessor	Nawab Sir Khwaja Ahsanullah
Successor	Nawab Khwaja Habibullah
Born	(1871-06-07)7 June 1871 Ahsan Manzil, Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	16 January 1915(1915-01-16) (aged 43) Chowringhee, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Burial	Begum Bazaar, Dhaka
House	Dhaka Nawab Family
Father	Nawab Sir Khwaja Ahsanullah

Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah Bahadur GCIE KCSI (1871–1915) was the fourth Nawab of Dhaka and one of the leading Muslim politicians during the British Raj. In the wake of partition of Bengal in 1905,he consulted with Nawab Muhsinul Mulk at Aligarh over the issue of formation of the All India Muslim League. In 1906, the Muslim League was officially founded at the educational conference held in Dhaka to protest against the efforts towards re-unification of Bengal, and Salimullah played a pioneering role in it. The convention was held at Ahsan Manzil, the official residence of the Dhaka Nawab Family. Sir Salimullah was a key patron of education for the Eastern Bengal. He was one of the founders of the University of Dhaka and the prestigious Ahsanullah School of Engineering (now the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology). Sir Salimullah was a staunch supporter of the Partition of Bengal and was a member of East Bengal and Assam Legislative Council from 1906 to 1907. He was also a member of Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1913 till his death in Calcutta in 1915 at the age of 43. He was the founder President of Bengal Muslim League in 1907.

Khwaja Salimullah was the eldest son of the third Nawab of Dhaka, Sir Khwaja Ahsanullah and grandson of the first Nawab of Dhaka, Sir Khwaja Abdul Ghani. Khawaja Salimullah was born at the Ahsan Manzil Palace on 7 June 1871.